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Exit Device Finish Matching Across Door Pairs: How to Keep Both Leaves Consistent When the Schedule Gets Built

Why Finish Matching on a Door Pair Is Harder Than It Looks This article is for hardware specifiers, commercial subcontractors, and facility managers who deal with door pairs equipped with exit devices...

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Sep 7, 2026 Our Blog

The Keyed Removable Mullion on a Fire-Rated Pair: Why This One Component Shapes the Entire Opening Spec

What This Article Covers This guide is written for commercial contractors, hardware specifiers, and facility managers who are configuring a fire-rated door pair and trying to understand how a keyed re...

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Sep 7, 2026 Our Blog

Exit Device Trim for Outside Operation: Matching the Function to the Opening Before the Schedule Ships

What Is Exit Device Outside Trim -- and Why Does It Matter? Exit device outside trim is the hardware component mounted on the pull side of a door equipped with panic or fire exit hardware. The exit de...

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Aug 31, 2026 Our Blog

What ANSI A156.3 Actually Tests on an Exit Device -- and Why Grade 1 Matters on Your Next Project

What This Article Covers -- and Who It Helps If you are specifying panic hardware for a school gymnasium, a retail main exit, a hospital corridor, or an industrial egress door, the compliance label on...

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Aug 29, 2026 Our Blog

Mantrap Installations: How to Specify the Right Hardware for a Two-Door Security Vestibule

What This Guide Covers and Who It Is For A mantrap, also called a security vestibule or airlock entry, is a controlled access passage that uses two doors in sequence to prevent tailgating and unauthor...

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Aug 20, 2026 Our Blog

Delayed Egress Alarm Modules: What Specifiers and Facility Teams Get Wrong Before the Door Goes Live

What This Article Covers -- And Who It Helps Delayed egress alarm modules are one of the most misunderstood options in the exit device world. Specifiers order the wrong configuration. Facilities teams...

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Aug 17, 2026 Our Blog

Exit Only on Stair Tower Doors: Getting the Hardware Package Right the First Time

What This Article Covers and Who It Helps Stair tower doors are among the most frequently misspecified openings in commercial construction. They sit at the intersection of egress requirements, re-entr...

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Aug 16, 2026 Our Blog

Aluminum Storefront Door Hardware: What Actually Goes on That Opening and Why Each Piece Matters

What This Guide Covers and Who It Is For Aluminum storefront doors are the most common commercial entrance type in retail, office, and mixed-use buildings -- and they account for a significant share o...

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Aug 15, 2026 Our Blog

Through-Bolt vs. Sex Bolt for Exit Devices: Which Fastening Method Belongs on Your Door

Two Ways to Anchor an Exit Device -- and Why the Choice Is Not Interchangeable This article explains the practical difference between through-bolt and sex bolt (also called barrel bolt or Chicago scre...

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Aug 3, 2026 Our Blog

The Concealed Offset Panic Threshold: What Specifiers Get Wrong Before the Floor Goes Down

What This Article Covers and Who It Helps This guide explains how panic thresholds with a concealed offset work, why they are misspecified more often than almost any other threshold type, and what spe...

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Aug 1, 2026 Our Blog

When an Exit Device Stops Latching: How the Cam and Housing Assembly Fails and What to Do Before Replacing the Whole Device

The Bar Moves But the Door Does Not Latch: A Common Exit Device Problem With a Specific Cause This article is for facility managers, commercial installers, and maintenance technicians who are troubles...

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Jul 30, 2026 Our Blog

Electric Latch Retraction on Exit Devices: How Access Control Unlocks the Door Without Touching the Bar

What This Article Covers and Who It Helps If you are specifying or installing an access-controlled opening that also requires panic hardware, electric latch retraction (ELR) is the mechanism that ties...

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Jul 28, 2026 Our Blog

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